Diary of a Turtle 25 Reviews

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Track a turtle, and the rubbish collecting bags

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? My class are now more aware of the impact of littering and have been working hard to keep our school clean.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? Turtle habitats are in the ocean. Turtles can die from pollution like plastic bags in the sea.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? Metal door handle from a car

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Straw, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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How well did this kit help your class build literacy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“My class were really engaged in this topic. They enjoyed learning about turtles and seeing the journey around Aotearoa that our class turlte Bobo went on. It was also exciting for the students to learn about the impact of pollution to our environment. Although we weren't able to go and clean up a beach, we still enjoyed collecting rubbish around our school knowing it wouldn't get into the drains.”

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Posted 2 months ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters with facts were useful because they gave clear, easy-to-read information that helped the children understand why keeping the beach clean is important. Turtle tracking was useful because it showed the children how far turtles travel, where they rest, and what areas need protecting to keep them safe.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? It heightened awareness

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? We need to do something

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? broken rubber flipper

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Straw, Plastic Wrapper, Plastic Cup

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“Diary of a Turtle is a fun, light-hearted and engaging text that students quickly connect with. Written in a diary format, it gives a humorous peek into the daily life and thoughts of a turtle, making it both entertaining and easy for children to follow. The kit supports literacy learning well, offering opportunities for reading comprehension, vocabulary building, and creative writing. Students enjoy the relatable voice, the simple humour, and the way the story encourages empathy for animals and their environment. Overall, it’s a delightful resource for classroom reading that sparks imagination and discussion.”

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Posted 2 months ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The rubbish bags and gloves.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Yes definitly. Kids are more mindful of where there rubbish is going.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? How to take care of our whenua?

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? corkscrew

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“Was great to have resources and was helpful for a clean up.”

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Posted 2 months ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Rubbish picking gear because it was a hands on activity.

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How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Often run past rubbish and then turn to pick it up, saying they dont want it to go on the beach and hurt th eturtles.

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? They dont want rubbish to go on the beach and hurt th eturtles.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? Alcohol cans on school

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Wrapper, Plastic Cup

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“The kids loved tracking a turtles journey and knowing that the rubbish we picked up around the school wouldnt make it to the beach to thurt them!”

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Posted 2 months ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Rubbish bags for hands on activities for kids

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? kids are looking out for rubbish

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? We need to pick up the rubbish so it doesn't kill our turtle

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? fast food

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“Great, hands on, the kids loved the tracking aspect of it”

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Posted 2 months ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The community clean up and the Turtle tracking website.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Positively.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? "Lets go and pick up rubbish at lunchtime today"

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? beer bottle.

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottle, Plastic Container, Plastic Straw, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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How well did this kit help your class build literacy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“This by far has been the BEST School Kit of all the one's I have used. The students were so engaged and exctied about the learning. I know lots of the students were event educating their whanau at home about the important of ensuring we look after our waterways. The variety of activites were all thoroughly engaging and meaningful.”

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Posted 2 months ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The daily messages from Captain Hayden and writing a response from our Turtle's point of view. It made the children consider how a turtle would be finding all the rubbish.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? They have learnt so much about looking after our planet and are now Rubbish Rangers everywhere they go.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? "I found this rubbish outside"

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? Wasn't unusual but more along the lines of we hadn't thought about it. Broken plastic sand castle buckets.

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Straw, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“This unit was highly engaging for my Year 1's. They loved following our turtle and we still are doing check in's and calculating how far she has swam, real life maths that has taken us into the 100's. They have really taken on the message that the rubbish they may drop at school could still make it into the ocean.”

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Posted 2 months ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves and the collaborative art poster

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 1 - we looked around the school, too young to leave the school!

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? I have had great feedback from whanau about how the kids are conscious of rubbish in our environment

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? We need to keep turtles safe in the ocean!

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? n/a

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

Helped a little

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How well did this kit help your class build literacy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“This was a great unit. My class were really engaged and loved getting the texts from the sea cleaners.”

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Posted 2 months ago